Using either an advanced aerial refueling boom, or a hose and drogue centerline refueling system, the KC-10 can refuel a wide variety of U.S. and allied military aircraft within the same mission.

The tests went well and included fitting the aircraft with a McDonnell Douglas Advanced Aerial Refueling Boom and additional fuel tanks. By adding fuel tanks below the main deck, the KC-10 had ...

This refueling technique is called "flying boom". It's a difficult method that both aircrafts have to navigate. Here's how the mission is completed: The receiver aircraft approaches the tanker ...

Some of the refueling logistics depend on what kind of aircraft are being flown. The US Air Force uses a flying boom system, where a long, thin tube extends from the tanker into a receptacle on ...

The KC-46A is equipped with a refueling boom driven by a fly-by-wire control system and can handle fuel offload rates required for large aircraft. Its hose and drogue system adds additional ...

"It gets a little sketchy sometimes" 100th Air Refueling Wing boom operator"It gets a little sketchy sometimes" 100th Air Refueling Wing boom operator Available for over a year Based at RAF ...

is stationed in the rear of the plane and controls the boom during in-flight air refueling. A special shuttlecock-shaped drogue attached to and trailing behind the flying boom may be used to ...